Drones Could Be a Game-Changer for the African Continent

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By Thomas Snitch, University of Maryland
Jul 22, 2015 1:41 PMMay 17, 2019 9:06 PM
A Seeker 400 drone, manufactured by South African company Denel Dynamics, flies over Cape Town Stadium.
A Seeker 400 drone, manufactured by South African company Denel Dynamics, flies over Cape Town Stadium.

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They are called unmanned aerial vehicles but are better known as drones. These are small aerial vehicles with fixed wings or small rotors, are usually powered with batteries, and equipped with a high resolution camera.

Drones range in cost from $99 to tens of thousands of dollars. But they are truly a disruptive technology in that they can do what piloted airplanes can but in cheaper, better, and – in many cases – more efficient ways.

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